Mediaval India Quiz 5 (60 MCQs)

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1. The medieval Indian Sultan who has been called the "Prince of Moneyera" is
2. Dhrupad Dhamar style of singing was started by
3. Which of the following measures of Sher Shah Suri greatly helped in the promotion of trade and commerce?
4. Which of the following battles helped Shershah to establish Suri Dynasty?
5. Akbar granted the present site of Amritsar to the Sikh Guru
6. The Khajuraho shrines built by the Chandella rulers are dedicated to
7. Which Sultan's reign witnessed as much as half of the produce being charged as revenue from certain provinces?
8. Who among the following was the religious guru of Shivaji?
9. Who among the following is called Zinda Peer?
10. When Nader Shah invaded India, who among the following was emperor at Delhi?
11. Who among the following was known as Lakha Baksh?
12. Alberuni came to India along with
13. Nur Jehan is associated with the construction of
14. Babar's autobiography, called Tuzuk-i-Baburi or Baburnaman, Which is reckoned among "the most enthralling and romantic works in the literature of all times" is written in
15. Akbar was enthroned in a garden at
16. Mumtaj Mahal died at
17. In which year Arabs invaded Sindh?
18. The later Mughal King, popularly known as Shah-i-Bekhabar (the Heedless King), was
19. Krishna I, who was a king of Rashtrakuta dynasty is related to which of the following?
20. Who has written the compilation of poems, Prithviraj Raso?
21. During the course of his numerous invasions, Muhammad Ghori (Before his conquest in the Second Battle of Tarain) was defeated by
22. Under the Mughals the cotton goods were exported to
23. Muhammad Ghori laid the foundation of the Turkish Empire in India by defeating
24. 'Mattavllasa-Pradhasana' was written by
25. Who among the following was the father of Harshavardhana?
26. Whom did the Lingayats worship?
27. The East India Company was founded in India during the reign of
28. Ghazi Malik was the founder and first ruler of which among the following dynasties?
29. The diary of Athanasius (Afanasi) Nikitin, the first Russian traveller to India, is entitled
30. Which among the following dynasties gave rise to a worship of Satya Pir, a common God which was very much equivalent to Satyanarayan among Hindus?
31. In the council of 8 Ministers of Shivaji which was called as Ashtapradhan, who was known as chief Minister and was responsible for General Administration?
32. The Buddhist universities of Nalanda and Vikramshila in Bihar were destroyed during the invasions of
33. Hemu, whom Akbar defeated In the Second Battle of Panipat (1556), was
34. Jammi Mosque was built at
35. Pakistan Resolution or Lahore Resolution was a formal political statement adopted by the Muslim League in which year?
36. Akbar founded the Din-i-Ilahi primarily to
37. In which year Akbar's reign ended?
38. Tarabai, who conducted the affairs of the Maratha government from 1700 to 1707 AD, was the widow of the Maratha King
39. The greatest historian of the reign of Akbar, who wrote Akbarnama and Ain-i-Akbari, was
40. Babar was originally the ruler of
41. Which among the following Mughal painters is credited for painting Siberian Crane and the Dodo for the first time?
42. During the reign of which among the following rulers, Malik Muhammad Jaisi completed his epic work 'Padmavat'?
43. Khan Khanan rendered Babur's Memoires into
44. What are the sculptures of the Mathura School of Art made out of?
45. Under the Mughals the Commander-in-Chief of the Army was
46. Original name of Mumtaj Mahal was
47. Who among the following is said to have witnessed the reigns of eight Delhi Sultans?
48. The English and the Dutch were firmly established in all the parts of the Coast from Sind to Bengal by the middle of the
49. Who among the following was considered as the "mixture of opposites" .?
50. Which among the following Mughal emperors prohibited the use of tobacco?
51. The first Muslim ruler to conquer southern India was
52. The Mughal Emperor who caused the murder of Guru Arjan was
53. Slaves who were in great demand under the Mughals were
54. Battle of Talikota" resulted in the end of which of the following?
55. Rihla" was a work of which of the following?
56. Ayagara in Vijayanagar were
57. Who was the first Sultan of Delhi to issue regular currency and to declare Delhi as the capital of his empire?
58. Market control had been first introduced in Medieval India by
59. Who was the ruler of Chittor, when Alauddin Khalji attacked and conquered it in 1303 AD?
60. What was the capital of Shivaji's Kingdom?